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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255327303321

Autore

Infantino Federica

Titolo

Outsourcing Border Control : Politics and Practice of Contracted Visa Policy in Morocco / / by Federica Infantino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2016

ISBN

9781137469847

1137469846

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 94 pages)

Collana

Mobility & Politics, , 2731-3875

Classificazione

28.04.56

Disciplina

341.484

Soggetti

Europe - Politics and government

Emigration and immigration

Comparative government

Political planning

Public administration

European Politics

Human Migration

Comparative Politics

Public Policy

Public Administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Bordering Outside the State  -- 2. Outsourcing in Practice  -- 3. The Politics of Private-Public Cooperation.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the everyday practices of border control and implementation of mobility policy in the European Schengen area by analyzing consular visas services on the edges of the territory. Using an original case study, private contractors that implement EU visa policy on governments' behalf, the author focuses on visa application centers located in Morocco and run by the two major contractors of European Member States, the transnational corporations VFSGlobal and TLSContact. The analysis builds on ethnographic research that encompasses the making of EU visa policy at the European, national and local levels. It aims at uncovering the reasons that have led to the



adoption of outsourcing as a normal and legitimized mode to implement EU visa policy and the effects of that choice. .